World Hunger

World Hunger

• Consumption of food varies around the world, both in quantity and quality or source.

• Depends on Level of Development

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​What do people eat?

• Beef

• Pork

• Poultry

​​Developed Countries

• Cereal grains

​​Developing Countries

​What do people eat: Protein

• Undernourishment means that dietary energy consumption is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activities.

• ​UN estimates 850 million people in the world are under nourished.

• 99% located in developing countires

• Sustainable Development Goal: Zero Hunger (nationalgeographic.org)

​World Hunger

• Increasing amounts pressure on subsistence farmers as LDC populations grow.​

• Subsistence farmers must adapt to the international market and trade approach to development.

• Consumers in MDC are willing to pay high or premium prices for fruits and vegetables that are out of season or not locally available

​World Hunger

• World Food Summit 1996 defined Food Security as: the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, at all times.

• 4 Pillars of Food Security

  1. Availability

  2. Access

  3. Use

  4. Stability

​Food Security

​Food Security and Insecurity

• 9.2% of world population is severely food insecure.

• Highest percentage is in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Food Insecure

​Hunger in the U.S. and around the world is caused by various interconnected social and economic factors. Our world is increasingly complex and divided. Inflation, war, the COVID pandemic, and climate change are impacting food insecurity around the globe and across the US.

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World Hunger or Economic Troubles?

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​Is World Hunger a buzz phrase to keep people believing the issue is a hunger problem NOT an economic topic pointing out the issues of equity throughout the world?

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